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Middletown profile

Living in Middletown

Middletown is a medium-sized coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 20,372 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Middletown is the fifth largest community in Delaware. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Middletown, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Middletown, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Middletown’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Middletown does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $84,451.00.

Middletown is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.43% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Middletown is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Middletown who work in management occupations (15.65%), office and administrative support (13.50%), and teaching (10.57%).

Also of interest is that Middletown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.79% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Middletown is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

In Middletown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of Middletown citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.04% of adults in Middletown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Middletown in 2010 was $32,011, which is upper middle income relative to Delaware, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,044 for a family of four. However, Middletown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Middletown is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Middletown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Middletown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Middletown include German, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Middletown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.